Photoshop) and if Updater starts and no visible window is displayed, then wait til Updater fails and exits remove Updater's prefs from the two locations mentioned above (including the Updater5 directories).remove Updater at /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Utilities.localized/Adobe Updater5.remove all adobe apps with their own uninstaller (if any).user preferences at /Users//Library/Application Support/Adobe/Updater5/*.system wide preferences at /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Updater5/*.Did you clean up the Updater preferences too? It's not enough to remove the Updater app itself.